Soul Tattoo was born of poetry I wrote years ago about a unique, epic and heart wrenching love affair. It is the second single whose lyrics I used from these writings (the first was Our Inception in 2020) 
Presented a few months ago with the dreamy trap beats of L.A. producer Dansonn, I fell in love with the track and knew immediately it was right for the song. In the studio with engineer Ben Arrindell, we chose to keep the vocals whispery (originally due to my cutting demo vocals in my NYC apartment in the middle of the night :) to add to the intimate mood and overall chill atmosphere of the song.

Soul Tattoo

In The Name Of The Mother The Daughter And The Holy Will

01. The Will Of The Incarnation

La ville s'endormait
Paroles: Jacques Brel

(refrain)
La ville s'endormait
Et j'en oublie le nom
Sur le fleuve en amont
Un coin de ciel brûlait
La ville s'endormait
Et j'en oublie le nom
 
Et la nuit peu à peu
Et le temps arrêté
Et mon cheval boueux
Et mon corps fatigué
Et la nuit bleu à bleu
Et l'eau d'une fontaine
Et quelques cris de haine
Versés par quelques vieux
Sur de plus vieilles qu'eux
Dont le corps s'ensommeille
 
(refrain)
 
Et mon cheval qui boit
Et moi qui le regarde
Et ma soif qui prend garde
Qu'elle ne se voit pas
Et la fontaine chante
Et la fatigue plante
Son couteau dans mes reins
Et je fais celui-là
Qui est son souverain
On m'attend quelque part
Comme on attend le roi
Mais on ne m'attend point
Je sais, depuis déjà
Que l'on meurt de hasard
En allongeant le pas
 
(refrain)
 
Il est vrai que parfois près du soir
Les oiseaux ressemblent à des vagues
Et les vagues aux oiseaux
Et les hommes aux rires
Et les rires aux sanglots
Il est vrai que souvent
La mer se désenchante
Je veux dire en cela
Qu'elle chante
D'autres chants
Que ceux que la mer chante
Dans les livres d'enfants
Mais les femmes toujours
Ne ressemblent qu'aux femmes
Et d'entre elles les connes
Ne ressemblent qu'aux connes
Et je ne suis pas bien sûr
Comme chante un certain
Qu'elles soient l'avenir de l'homme
 
(refrain)
 
Et vous êtes passée
Demoiselle inconnue
A deux doigts d'être nue
Sous le lin qui dansait



English translation:
(chorus)
The city was falling asleep
And I even forget its name
Upstream on the river
A batch of sky was blazing
The city was falling asleep
And I even forget its name
 
And night is slowly falling
And time is standing still
And my horse is mucky
And my body is tired
And night is turning into a new shade of blue
And the water from some fountain
And a few screams of hate
Shed by some old men
Against even older women
Whose bodies are getting asleep
 
(chorus)
 
And my horse is drinking
And I'm watching him
And my thirst is watching out
To not show up
And the fountain is singing
And tiredness sticks
Its knife into my lower back
And I pretend
I'm a monarch
I'm expected somewhere
As a king is expected
But no one's waiting for me,
I know that, since now
People die from hazard
While lengthening their stride
 
(chorus)
 
It's true that, sometimes toward night,
Birds look like waves
And waves look like birds
And men look like laughters
And laughters look like sobs
It's true that, often,
The sea disenchants itself
By that I mean
That it sings
Other songs
Than the ones sung by the sea
In children's books
But always women
Just look like women
And among them, bitches
Just look like bitches
And I'm not really sure
As some other guy sings
That they're the future of Man*
 
(chorus)
 
And you came,
Unknown young lady,
Within an inch of being naked
Under the dancing linen.

Chanter Brel

La Ville s'endormait

Les Marquises
Paroles: Jacques Brel

Ils parlent de la mort comme tu parles d'un fruit
Ils regardent la mer comme tu regardes un puits
Les femmes sont lascives au soleil redouté
Et s'il n'y a pas d'hiver cela n'est pas l'été
La pluie est traversière elle bat de grain en grain
Quelques vieux chevaux blancs qui fredonnent Gauguin
Et par manque de brise le temps s'immobilise
Aux Marquises
 
Du soir montent des feux et des points de silence
Qui vont s'élargissant et la lune s'avance
Et la mer se déchire infiniment brisée
Par des rochers qui prirent des prénoms affolés
Et puis plus loin des chiens des chants de repentance
Et quelques pas de deux et quelques pas de danse
Et la nuit est soumise et l'alizé se brise
Aux Marquises
 
Le rire est dans le coeur le mot dans le regard
Le coeur est voyageur l'avenir est au hasard
Et passent des cocotiers qui écrivent des chants d'amour
Que les soeurs d'alentour ignorent d'ignorer
Les pirogues s'en vont les pirogues s'en viennent
Et mes souvenirs deviennent ce que les vieux en font
Veux-tu que je te dise gémir n'est pas de mise
Aux Marquises.



English Translation:
They talk about death as you talk about a fruit
They look at the sea as you look at a well
Women are lascivious under the dreaded sun
And if there's no winter, then it's not summer
The rain runs across, threshes one grain then another
A few old white horses humming Gauguin
And by lack of breeze, time comes to a standstill
At the Marquesas
 
Evening lights go up and silence points
Go on growing larger, and the moon draws on
And the sea tears itself apart, immeasurably broken
By rocks going now by demented names
And then, further, dogs, repentance songs
And a few pas de deux, and a few dance steps
And the night is submissive and the trade wind breaks
At the Marquesas
 
Laughter is in the heart, the word is in the eyes
The heart is wanderer, the future is random
And coconut palms pass by, writing love songs
That nearby sisters ignore to ignore
Pirogues go, pirogues come
And my memories become what the old people make of them
Tell you what, whining isn't appropriate
At the Marquesas.

Les Marquises

Maybe Not
Lyrics: Cat Power

There's a dream that I see, I pray it can be
Look cross the land, shake this land
A wish or a command
Dream that I see, don't kill it, it's free
You're just a man, you get what you can

We all do what we can
So we can do just one more thing
We can all be free
Maybe not in words
Maybe not with a look
But with your mind

Listen to me, don't walk that street
There's always an end to it
Come and be free, you know who I am
We're just living people

We won't have a thing
So we got nothing to lose
We can all be free
Maybe not with words
Maybe not with a look
But with your mind

You've got to choose a wish or command
At the turn of the tide, is withering thee
Remember one thing, the dream you can see
Pray to be, shake this land

We all do what we can
So we can do just one more thing
We won't have a thing
So we've got nothing to lose
We can all be free
Maybe not with words
Maybe not with a look
But with your mind

But with your mind

Covers

Maybe Not

When Doves Cry
Lyrics: Prince

Dig if you will the picture
Of you and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can you my darling
Can you picture this?

Dream if you can a courtyard
An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike curious poses
They feel the heat
The heat between me and you

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold)
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry

Touch if you will my stomach
Feel how it trembles inside
You've got the butterflies all tied up
Don't make me chase you
Even doves have pride

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world so cold? (World so cold)
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (A world that's so cold)
Maybe you're just too demanding (Maybe, maybe I'm like my father)
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold (Ya know he's too bold)
Maybe you're just like my mother (Maybe you're just like my mother)
She's never satisfied (She's never, never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other (Why do we scream, why)
This is what it sounds like

When doves cry
When doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry)
When doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry)

Don't Cry (Don't Cry)

When doves cry
When doves cry
When doves cry

When Doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry, doves cry
Don't cry
Darling don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't don't cry

When Doves Cry

lyrics by sanctity
music by guilain joncheray

even though i want you
i'm gonna make us wait
'cause i want nothing less
than sanctity of sex

hope you'll like the process
'cause process there will be
hope you saw already
even though i'm at ease
that i am not easy

sex fun?
sex lust?
sex love...

know your love
give and take 
nothing less than 
sanctity of sex

sex and soul are one
sex and soul
sex and soul are one

have we been dreaming god like the dream of our flesh?
lightly dreamt thus we were made—sex and soul are one

give me the taste of an orchid
fragile    dewdrop of sweat
pale from our breath—i felt shredded that day

give me the crimson of velvet
deep    dangerous nest
burning us wet—ravage me
let's see how much guilt can take

have we been dreaming god like the dream of our flesh...

Sanctity of Sex • Remix by Guilain Joncheray

lyrics by sanctity
music by dj r. smooth

right now you're touching me
but you are not here
my body hungers for yours
for your hands on my skin
what a subtle way to torture
what a clever way to win
you want me all to yourself
but you are never here

you show up like a lord
claims over his lady
there is a lock and you carry the key
and my body hungers to be
rolled to be whirled
all it's ever known of you
are those etheric shields
the etheric disguise...
what a subtle way to torture
what a clever way to hide

counting on my doubting of
my very own perceptions
but my body of a woman
it knows it is watching 
you
so subtle in manipulating
looking so innocent
through your ethereal shields
and my body of a woman
tells me of the secrets 
that you never reveal
all the darkness upon your will
not so brilliant not so clean...

i see you claiming me
and you're holding a key
what a subtle way to torture
what a terrible way to win
hiding and creating the illusion of a distance
to have me all to yourself
while you are never here

Sanctity/The Remixes

The Ghost of You • Remix by DJ R. Smooth

Music El-Hadra , The Mystic Dance by Klaus Wiese, Ted De Jong, Mathias Grassow

I want to share my blood with you
I want you to drink me
sip me like a sacred wine
feel you die
intoxicated
so I can birth you

and I…
I give myself to you
because you’re not from here
I let you enter me
though you are treacherous
yet I let you enter
so we can be... 
mountain
spewing fire
new liquid land
out to sea

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My Blood

Music El-Hadra , The Mystic Dance by Klaus Wiese, Ted De Jong, Mathias Grassow
Lyrics by Sanctity

I want to share my blood with you 
I want you to drink me 
sip me like a sacred wine 
feel you die 
intoxicated 
so I can birth you

and I… 
I give myself to you 
because you’re not from here 
I let you enter me 
though you are treacherous 
yet I let you enter 
so we can be... 
mountain 
spewing fire 
new liquid land 
out to sea

And he built her a castle 
for a tomb
- womb
held in the 4 corners of wind
erected 4 androgynous pillars
as maculate as their love
and on his time lay aside
guarding the ether of her bones
in absolute adoration

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My Blood - Taj Mahal

Fiery Vocals from the soul on Eurodance-Electronica Urban Beats and inspirited piano.
It all started with a love poem scribbled on a napkin on an Icelandic flight between Reykjavik and New York City. It is now part of a poetry compilation entitled “Orchids”, dedicated to this unique soul connection.
Years later, inspired by the piano mastery and fluid Urban Beats of L.A. producer Dansonn, Sanctity was compelled to create the fiery vocals of “Our Inception” from the initial poem. The song was to become the first single of her upcoming album Berlin.
Sanctity’s earlier works, were atmospheric poetic journeys of sensually spoken lyrics over Downtempo and Trip-Hop beats. This single, a Eurodance-Electronica track sang with compelling intensity, is a beautiful contrast of passionate drive and infectious, engaging melodies. 
The track reveals Sanctity’s innate ingenuity to bring to life new musical paths of poetic immersion, and transport the listener in a universe of her own.
The track was mixed by Sanctity’s Engineer and partner of over two decades, Benjamin J Arrindell at the World Renowned Old Mill Road Recording Studio (NAMM 2020 TEC Award Winner). Ben is a Grammy Award Winning Mix Engineer and has mixed for an array of artists including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Yolanda Adams, Mary J. Blige and Busta Rhymes.

Our Inception

A unique voice of the sacred feminine, French born poet-songwriter-vocalist Sanctity possesses a deep sensuality and edge rarely found among artists of our time. She is known for her lyrically frank and emotionally intense songs that tackle a wide range of subjects including sacred sexuality, spirituality and transpersonal relationships. 
Her trademark is a simultaneously fierce and vulnerable vocal delivery. 

In 2020, Sanctity released a fiery EuroPop single entitled Our Inception. It was co-produced with Benjamin J. Arrindell, Grammy Award-Winning Mix Engineer (Busta Rhyme, Gerald Levert, Aretha Franklin, Yolanda Adams…) The song was co-written with L.A. producer and pianist Dansonn. 
Her upcoming release Soul Tattoo, is produced by the same team and is set to launch worldwide on 02/22/22.

Sanctity’s earlier works, were atmospheric poetic journeys of sensually spoken lyrics over Downtempo and Trip-Hop beats. The new singles, passionate EuroPop “Our Inception” and dreamy Chill Trap “Soul Tattoo” are beautiful contrasts of passionate and infectious, engaging melodies.

In 2010, Sanctity has worked in collaboration with Deep Forest Grammy Nominated Producer Guilain Joncheray on a Remix of her title "Sanctity of Sex".
She has also produced, directed and choreographed Live Shows featuring songs from her second album "In The Name Of The Mother...."  and showcased them in New York, in Berlin, Germany and at the Cannes MIDEM in France.

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